The Chiefs hosted the Reds at the Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand this morning. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Reds came back from 3 tries down (15 / 0) to take a nailbiter at 23 / 18.
Scores:
Chiefs: 1 Penalty Stephen Donald, 1 Try Sitiveni Sivivatu, 1 Try Lelia Masaga, 1 Try Sona Taumalolo
Reds: 2 Conversions & 3 Penalties Quade Cooper, 1 Try Will Chambers, 1 Try Luke Morahan
Teams:
Chiefs: 15 Mils Muliaina (captain), 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Callum Bruce, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Brendon Leonard, 8 Colin Bourke, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Culum Retallick, 4 Romana Graham, 3 Nathan White, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Replacements: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Toby Smith, 18 Jarrad Hoeata, 19 Luke Braid, 20 Junior Poluleuligaga, 21 Mike Delany, 22 Dwayne Sweeney.
Reds: 15 Luke Morahan, 14 Will Chambers, 13 Morgan Turinui, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Brando Va’aulu, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia (captain), 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Van Humphries, 4 Adam Byrnes, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 Sean Hardman, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Robert Simmons, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Ben Lucas, 21 Ben Tapuai, 22 Blair Connor
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Can the Reds do SA a favour?
Doubt it , my Superbru will be wrong if the Reds win, but that is a minor. Go RED
And go work Superbul
cheers for ears
Varking Superbru is not allowed at work, and could not connect through my superfast MTN connection here in “darkest Africa” so no picks there this week so far.
MTN you are F’ING useless!
Chiefs tooooo strong for the Reds in NZ. Chiefs by at least 15.
Helloooooooooooooooooooooo
I’m doing “Admin” again today in the office!!
Hehehehehe
Game is on…. Gooooooo Reds
Try Sivivatu….. hier kom groot kak vir die Reds… wille bolle!
Chiefs 5 / 0
môre mense
en
bulle
Try Masaga…. eish the Chiefs are really playing well.
gbs @ 3
geniet dit
ek op my beurt
….
is
busy as a bee busy busy busy!!
Chiefs 10 / ZIP
9@ Asbak – Hello broetsie van ‘n ander moetsie!
gbs @ 11
hosh my anner ma se kind!!
12@ Asbak – Hehehehe
Kommaan, gooi oppie tafel, wat was jou picks vir hierdie naweek?
Arghhhhhhhhh….. there’s a break in the TV transmission…. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Another try by the Chiefs…. and Donald misses the 3rd conversion
gbs @ 13
chiefs to win!!
Chiefs 15 / ZIP
16@ Asbak – … en die anner games?
Try Reds, Will Chambers…. Cooper gave a sublime pass
Chiefs 15 / 7
R_P from Macau…. you can talk to us…. you too Hokaai!
GBS
I am recover from fighting wtih Koos & Manly about how kuk their teams are … they did nto take my “well meant” advice kindly 😥
Yellow for Reds, spear tackle by Va’aulo
Donald slots the penalty
Chiefs 18 / 7
22@ R_P – Oh… OK… did you give them an ear full?
Penalty Cooper
Chiefs 18 / 10
GBS
No more than they deserved 🙄
Another penalty Cooper
Chiefs 18 / 13
26@ R_P – So, what do you think about the type of game the Bulls are playing this season?
Lemoenetyd
Who is this ref ??
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